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The health status of the population in relation to the application of pesticides in agriculture is one of the most topical hygienic issues, since global attesting to expand the range of products and enhancing their application. Modern plant protection technology is a constituent part of agriculture and depends on the ecological situation in agrobiocenoses and economic opportunities. Under the conditions of intensive agricultural production, pesticides are a particular threat to ecosystems. The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture creates a certain risk. The world's history of agriculture provides eloquent evidence that farmers' refusal or inability not to use plant protection products against pests inevitably entails an acute fall in both productivity and quality of harvested crops.
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Mariana ZAVTONI - Republik Moldau. Forschungsgebiet: Hygiene und Toxikologie. Gesundheitsüberwachung der Bevölkerung im Zusammenhang mit der Anwendung von Pestiziden in der Landwirtschaft.
